Sacred Heart University Review Volume 6 Issue 1 Sacred Heart University Review, Volume VI, Article 1 Numbers 1 & 2, Fall 1985/ Spring 1986 1986 Three Seasons With Fahrenheit 451 George Bluestone Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/shureview Recommended Citation Bluestone, George (1986) "Three Seasons With Fahrenheit 451," Sacred Heart University Review: Vol. 6 : Iss. 1 , Article 1. Available at: http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/shureview/vol6/iss1/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the SHU Press Publications at DigitalCommons@SHU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Sacred Heart University Review by an authorized editor of DigitalCommons@SHU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Bluestone: Three Seasons With Fahrenheit 451 GEORGE BLUESTONE Three Seasons with Fahrenheit 451 On November 11,1985 the Rycenga Lecture Series, sponsored by the Department of English, the Convocation Committee, and the Student Government of Sacred Heart University, presented a screening of Fahrenheit 451, Francois Truffaut's adaptation of Ray Bradbury's science fiction novel about a future world in which books are not only banned but burned. (Bradbury's title comes from the temperature at which book paper catches fire.) Following the film, George Bluestone, a filmmaker, writer, and critic currently teaching at Boston University, delivered a lecture on "Technological Futo- pianism and Fahrenheit 451 "and led a discussion on issues raised not only by Bradbury and Truffaut but also by a variety of other artists and social analysts concerned with the impact of technology on modern life and art. The following is an edited transcript of Professor Bluestone s talk and his responses to questions from the audience.